A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 14, 2020
![A fireball erupts from the site of an explosion reportedly targeting a joint Turkis-Russian patrol on the strategic M4 highway, near the Syrian town of Ariha in the rebel-held northwestern Idlib province.](https://gdb.voanews.com/24d2fd7a-8564-4b40-b072-553efbf392ca_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fireball erupts from the site of an explosion reportedly targeting a joint Turkis-Russian patrol on the strategic M4 highway, near the Syrian town of Ariha in the rebel-held northwestern Idlib province.
![A mirror reflects an activist wearing a mask and protective face shield as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak during a small protest outside the parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/aec181be-daa1-420c-af90-bd241286976c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A mirror reflects an activist wearing a mask and protective face shield as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak during a small protest outside the parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia.
![Alpha jets from the French Air Force Patrouille de France fly over the Arc de Triomphe during the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.](https://gdb.voanews.com/442a69aa-eefa-4ef0-8cbf-20dda30bca0e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Alpha jets from the French Air Force Patrouille de France fly over the Arc de Triomphe during the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.
![Flood affected villagers are seen near their partially submerged houses in Gagolmari village, Morigaon district, Assam, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b723fc6f-f5dc-43d0-96c3-729f926930a8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Flood affected villagers are seen near their partially submerged houses in Gagolmari village, Morigaon district, Assam, India.
![A local woman shows damage in her house after the shelling by Armenian forces in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c1fe621f-e310-45e9-8e19-c4e7482377d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A local woman shows damage in her house after the shelling by Armenian forces in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan.
![Penitentiary system guards carry an inmate with symptoms related to the novel coronavirus at the COVID-19 unit of San Juan de Dios hospital in Guatemala City, July 13, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bccfb9ba-a298-4f86-b4af-e4ee5c8c54a9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Penitentiary system guards carry an inmate with symptoms related to the novel coronavirus at the COVID-19 unit of San Juan de Dios hospital in Guatemala City, July 13, 2020.
![Puebla state workers handle an urn holding ashes of a Mexican who died in the U.S. from COVID-19 complications during a ceremony in Puebla, Mexico, July 13, 2020. The remains of 105 Mexicans who died in the U.S. of the new coronavirus were returned to their families.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5c169c91-f585-4046-85a4-630b9d9293d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Puebla state workers handle an urn holding ashes of a Mexican who died in the U.S. from COVID-19 complications during a ceremony in Puebla, Mexico, July 13, 2020. The remains of 105 Mexicans who died in the U.S. of the new coronavirus were returned to their families.
![One-year-old Ryleigh Boyd grabs the face of Berekely County Sheriff's Deputy William Kimbro during a roundtable discussion on law enforcement hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, July 13, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f240e6d7-0aab-4e52-95b2-d5baa4897f53_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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One-year-old Ryleigh Boyd grabs the face of Berekely County Sheriff's Deputy William Kimbro during a roundtable discussion on law enforcement hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, July 13, 2020.
![German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavaria's State Premier and leader of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Soeder talk as they are onboard a boat to the Herrenchiemsee island near Prien Am Chiemsee, Bavaria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6bd443e0-2fda-4340-93e3-4366239033fd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavaria's State Premier and leader of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Soeder talk as they are onboard a boat to the Herrenchiemsee island near Prien Am Chiemsee, Bavaria.
![Customers eat lunch at a restaurant with tables in a stream in Kampung Kemensah on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fe7cb4fa-8c9d-4d05-b7bd-b116f1c42ebd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Customers eat lunch at a restaurant with tables in a stream in Kampung Kemensah on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
![The comet Neowise or C/2020 F3 is seen behind an Orthodox church over the Turets, Belarus, 110 kilometers (69 miles) west of capital Minsk.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7cd9975e-c72f-4ab3-89f8-5a54af7e0427_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The comet Neowise or C/2020 F3 is seen behind an Orthodox church over the Turets, Belarus, 110 kilometers (69 miles) west of capital Minsk.